Argentina:
Supreme Court Holds Social Media Spying a Federal Crime
30 November 2017
by
Daniel J. McLoon
,
Mauricio Paez
,
Richard Johnson
,
Jonathon Little
,
Kevin Lyles
,
Todd McClelland
,
Jeff Rabkin
,
Lisa M. Ropple
,
Adam Salter
,
Michiru Takahashi
,
Undine Von Diemar
,
Olivier Haas
,
Jörg Hladjk
and
Anand Varadarajan
Jones Day
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On September 19, the Argentinean Supreme Court ruled (source document in Spanish) that spying
on Facebook or by email or cellphone contact lists of one's
partner constitutes a federal crime. The Court ruled that such acts
are "an illegitimate access to an electronic communication or
computer data of restricted access, which can only be entered
through means that according to its own characteristics is found
within the telecommunications services."
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